THE OLD SCHOOL PRESS

Some items for sale from my own collection and press-shop. 


I occasionally prune my own collection and find these items surplus to requirement.
 

Use our contact form to let me know which you would like to buy. P&P will be additional at cost - I will let you know the total cost. If you don't find an item as you expected, feel free to return for a refund.

In some cases, you can click on the title to see a picture showing the condition.

 
  • Type
    I have been making room for some recent acquisitions and will be disposing of a number of founts that - to date - I have felt worth keeping, but cannot see myself using. They vary in size and condition, so please get in touch for details if any are of interest:
  • face pt style founder quantity
    Flash 14   Monotype 8A 14a
    Flash 18   Monotype 1A 4a
    Flash 24   Monotype 3A 5a
    Grotesque  14 bold Caslon  
    Grotesque  18 bold Caslon ~40a 10A
    Grotesque No 12 36 caps SB 4A
    Palace Script  12   SB  
    Palace Script  14   SB  
    Palace Script  14 sq body Monotype  
    Palace Script  18 sq body Monotype  
    Rockwell  30 bold italic Monotype no H V W 18a 9A
    Super Flash  24   Monotype 8A 13a
    Times Roman  24 bold italic Monotype full case
    Univers  30 light Monotype 2A 10a
    Univers  36 bold Monotype 5A 40a 09
    Univers  36 medium Monotype 12a 0N 1C 1M 1O
  • Multiples
    I have a complete run of the Newsletter of the Society of Wood Engravers, which started in 1987. A few of the earlier copies are photocopies. All in VG condition. I'm open to offers. They occupy the same space as about four reams of A4 and weigh as much.
  • Untitled wood engraving
    John F Greenwood. 27/65. Very good with a little foxing, in archival mount. £30. (Frame available at extra cost.)
  • On the architectural history of Ely Cathedral
    Revd D. J. Stewart (John van Voorst, 1868). Hardcover, purple embossed cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, spine a little dark, and a little roughing at top and bottom of spine, dusty on outer edges, inside clean and tight with very little foxing, VG. £50.
  • Carmina
    Catullus (Tauchnitz, 1829). Editio Stereotypa ex Nova Tabularum Impressione emendatissima. 12° 268pp. Half-leather with marbled paper on boards, much rubbing externally but nice and clean internally. £25.
  • English Today
    I have a complete run of the first ten years (forty issues) of the journal English Today which 'provides accessible cutting-edge reports on all aspects of the language, including style, usage, dictionaries, literary language, Plain English, the Internet and language teaching, in terms of British, American and the world's many other "Englishes"', which started in 1985. All in VG condition. I'm open to offers.